Improvement in water-closets



` that the following is a full and'exact description thereof,

duim tatt `BlzNJAivi-In R.,- coLE, or

BUFFALO. NEW YORK.

Leners Paamlva. eooadaad May 25,1869.

IMPRQVEMENT 1N WATER-Cnosn'rs.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent. and making part of the same.

T o all whom it may conccrn:

Beit known that I, BENJAMIN R. COLE, ofthe city of Bualo, Vin the county of Erie, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Self-Acting Water-Closets; and I do hereby declare reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification. f

My improvement is designed to be applied to that class of pan water-closets in which the pan and'watervalve. are operated by means of a pull and side lever, for the purpose of rendering the same self-acting, the pull being retained or not, as preferred.

The invention consists- First in the combination and arrangement of a lever and push-rodwvith said ,side lever, so that the latter will be operated by pressure on the seat, instead of by the pull, as in the ordinary manner.

Second, inrconstructing the said auxiliary lever with fulcrum-notches and an adjustablesegment, by which the relative position of the lever, as to its fulcrum, can be changed to adapt it to the other parts of the apparatus, as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings- Figure I is a front elevation of a water-closet provided with my improvement, the front side of the case being removed to exhibit the parts.

Figure II is a, similar side view.

Figure III is a longitudinal section of a portionot' my auxiliary lever, showing its construction and connection with the fulcrum.

Like letters of reference designate likeparts in each of the figures.

A is the basin of a Water-closet.

B, the pan, shown in dotted lines, underneath the basin.

O, the side lever, pivoted at d, and operated by the pull-rod e at the opposite end.

F is the slotted crank-arm, connected to the lever by a bolt tting in the slot, by which the pan is operated.

g is a crank or arm for operating the water-valve, which is not shown in the drawings.

H is a link or slotted bar for connecting the pull with the lever, for adjusting the length of the pull.

The foregoing parts, which are old and well known, may be constructed in any common or suitable man'- ner.

I is my auxiliary lever, arranged in the side lever.

J is the fulcrum thereof.

Itis a push-rod, connecting the front edge of the hinged seat L With the short arm of the lever, and

M is a Weighted bar connecting the opposite end of thelever with the link H.

The length of the push-rod may be adjusted by means of a swivel-nut, k, as shown.

The link H enables the length of the connection between the two levers to be readily adjusted by means ofthe set-bolt m, which may be lifted at any point in l the slot in said connection. l

front, beneath vThe end of the, long arm of, lever I-is slotted and provided with adj listing-holes, for uniting with the connection M, at different points,as occasion may require. v

The weight ofthe connection M should he suilicient to cause a preponderance at that end of the levers, so as to maintain the parts in their normal position 'when the closet is not in use.

rlhe fulcrum J consists of a standard, which passes up through a slot, n, in the lever I, the edges of the latter, on each side of the slot, on the under side,being formed with a series of transverse notches, s s, in any of which are designed to tit the angular shoulders o o, formed on each side of the standard, and constituting the fnlcrnm.

P is a slotted segment, resting on the upper side of this lever, withtongues or tenons q q', extending down# ward in the slot oi' thelever; the tenon, y, being provided with a pin, which passes through its end, and in any one ofthe notches s, in wl1icl1,it may be adjusted, which serves as a key to secureit in place.

. The standard J, reduced in size, passes up through` the slot in the segment, where it is provided with a nut, o', which screws down loosely against the segment, and secures' the lever in place on the fulcrum. I The fulcrum J being bolted to the door at a suitable point, the lever is adj usted with any of the notches s resting thereon, and the segment arranged so that the fulcrum-points will form the centre thereof.

This adjustment will permit the free movement of the lever, while the connection between the lever'and fulcrum is maintained secure against displacement.

The facility of adj ustment'which characterizes my improvement, enables it to be readily applied to waterclosets that are in use, at but a small expense.

The advantages of a self-acting water-closet, over one operated by a pull, are well understood; the pull of the latter frequently receiving no attention, either from the carelessness, indeiirence, or ignorance oi' persons using the closet, which is especially the case with Water-closets in` hotels and other places, designed for public use.

By' the employment of my improvement, no such results can ensue, the proper operation of the parts at all times beinginsured.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to sec-nre by Letters Batent, is'- 1. rlhe combination and arrangement, with the side lever O, of'the auxiliary lever I, weighted connection M, and push-rod k, operated by seat L, substantially as set forth.

2. The segment P, fulcrum-standard J, andlever I, provided with slot n and notches s, for rendering the lever adjustable, and securing it in place, all arranged and combined as set forth.

B. R. COLE.

Witnesses J Y HYATT, JNO. J. Bouman. 

